Toyota Australia has announced that it will pack the coming RAV4 mid-size SUV full of standard safety gear.

Every grade gets the brand’s Safety Sense suite, which includes autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection (the latter works only during daylight hours), lane departure warning, automatic high-beam and road sign detection.

Vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions also get active cruise control coupled with lane keep assist.

The RAV4 arrives in Australia in the second quarter of 2019.Source:Supplied

“Safety has always been a top priority for Toyota and, in the all-new RAV4, we are delivering highly advanced technologies to assist drivers and help protect occupants and other road users,” says Hanley.

“These features will ensure the RAV4 provides our customers with the very highest levels of active and passive safety in its class and they are not just limited to the higher grades.

“Providing exceptional safety performance is vital for all customers so we have made all of our Toyota Safety Sense features standard across the range from the entry level front-wheel drive GX to the adventure-oriented AWD Edge model,” he says.

The RAV4 has bolder, more American styling.Source:Supplied

Toyota is expanding the RAV4 range dramatically to 11 versions — there are six hybrids in front- and all-wheel drive in GX, GXL and Cruiser grades.